How Temperate Rainforests Can Effectively Aid the Fight Against Climate Change
There is global recognition that woodland expansion could be one of the most effective solutions in the fight against climate change. However, new research has…
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Illegal Gold Mining in Peruvian Amazon Turns Pristine Rainforests Into Heavily Polluted Mercury Sinks
Scientists record the highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution in the world in a pristine patch of the Peruvian Amazon. If you had to guess…
Daintree: A Rainforest Like No Other – With a Vast Range of Unique Species
The Daintree region of Queensland, Australia, is home to one of the world’s oldest forests and hosts a vast range of unique species. There are…
Aquatic Fungus Has Already Wiped Amphibians off the Map – Now Threatens Survival of Terrestrial Frogs
A water-borne fungus that has led to the extinction of several species of amphibians that spend all or part of their life cycle in water…
Timing Is Everything: Stanford Research Reveals Why the Right Sequence of Policies Is Critical To Slow Deforestation
Knowing the steps is not the same thing as knowing how to dance. Similarly, policy interventions to stop deforestation are most effective when enacted in…
“Mystery of Manu” – A Strange Tree in the Amazon Rainforest Left Scientists Scratching Their Heads for 50 Years
“Mystery plant” from the Amazon declared a new species after nearly 50 years of flummoxing scientists. In 1973, a scientist stumbled upon a strange tree…
Smoky Skies in the Western Amazon – Fire Activity Driven Primarily by Deforestation Fires
Increasing numbers of deforestation fires are darkening skies in Rondônia and Amazonas. Since the 1970s, tree clearing in the Amazon basin has reduced the size…
New DNA Analysis Provides Critical Information on Conserving Rainforest Lizards
A study published June 16, 2021, in Biotropica by a team of researchers at the University of Washington, the UW Burke Museum of Natural History…
Big Differences Exposed Among Amazonian Countries in Their Rates of Forest Recovery As Well as Deforestation
Amazonian regions that have undergone the most extensive deforestation and have the greatest potential for large-scale forest recovery currently have the lowest levels of recovery….
New Index Ranks Rainforests’ Vulnerability to Climate and Human Impacts
A new index shows that the world’s rainforests are responding differently to threats like a warming climate and deforestation. Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
2.5 Billion Trees and Vines Killed in Epicenter of Major Amazon Droughts and Fires
A major drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest killed billions of trees and plants and turned one of the world’s largest carbon sinks…
High Risk of Extreme Drought: Unchecked Climate Change Will Cause Severe Drying of the Amazon Rainforest
Amazon rain forests could be at far higher risk of extreme drought than previously thought, according to new research. An international study, led by the…
Extraordinary Species Diversity Within a 14.7 Million-Year-Old Tropical Rainforest and Sheds Light on Evolution
Newly Discovered Miocene Biome Sheds Light on Rainforest Evolution An international research group led by Prof. WANG Bo and Prof. SHI Gongle from the Nanjing…
Origin of Modern Rainforests Traced to Cataclysmic Asteroid Impact That Destroyed Nearly 75% of All Terrestrial Life on Earth
In an analysis of thousands of fossil pollen and leaves spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary, researchers found that the cataclysmic asteroid impact that resulted in…
Two New Species of Screech Owls Discovered in Amazon Rainforest – Both Are Already Critically Endangered
Recordings of owls’ screeches used to help tell species apart. The Amazon rainforest is teeming with creatures unknown to science—and that’s just in broad daylight….
How the Giant Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Gave Rise to Modern Rainforests
About 66 million years ago, a huge asteroid crashed into what is now the Yucatan, plunging the Earth into darkness. The impact transformed tropical rainforests,…
Exploring Earth From Space: Amazon Rainforest
Ahead of the International Day of Forests, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Amazon rainforest in the Amazonas – the largest…
A Silver Swining: “Destructive” Wild Pigs Actually Help Build Rainforests
Wild pigs are often maligned as ecosystem destroyers, but a University of Queensland study has found they also cultivate biodiverse rainforests in their native habitats….
